Fascinating how we talk about banning hire bikes because some people behave antisocially with them. Just think of the outcry if we talked about banning private cars because some use them drunk, too fast, or while holding a phone, parking on pavements #doublestandards BBC Radio 4 Today

At 2.7°C of warming—our current policy trajectory—2 billion people will face extreme heat. Shockingly, 99.7% of them live in the global South, the very people who contributed least to the crisis. The injustice is staggering. 🌍🔥 #ClimateJustice #ExtremeHeat

Sentencing for peaceful protest needs to be realigned to common sense

An interesting thing that happened during the slave revolt of the Haitian Revolution, is that about 500 Polish soldiers, after realizing they were being used by the French to suppress a slave revolt, joined the Haitians instead and fought on their side.

"Current food labels offer little in the way of tangible facts about animal welfare, instead they rest heavily on buzzwords like “prime cut”, “finest” foods, and “butcher’s choice”" We need mandatory #HonestLabelling. theecologist.org/2024/sep/12/pi…

Join us for a day of enlivening talks from world-renowned change-makers at the Festival of Wellbeing > conta.cc/3Xa8Qhp "An exceptional day of great generosity and wisdom" "I am so glad and grateful that today is being recorded. I definitely need to re-listen to all

Exxon’s forecast is a ‘recipe for climate disaster’ | My commentary today in the Financial Times (Financial Times), outside the paywall: ft.com/content/06834d…

At Tuesday's debate, Harris spent a lot of time talking about being pro-fracking. What she didn't do was lay out a plan to create green jobs and ensure our generation has a livable planet. We're calling on her to release a climate plan that meets the timeline science demands.

BREAKING: on Westminster Bridge this morning to tell our government and Parliament - no new Fossil Fuels! Fast, fair, forever Homes, jobs and millions of lives are at stake Stop Rosebank, no new oil and gas! #keepitintheground Climate Justice Coalition

Extinction Rebellion will never happen again. Something a lot bigger will. theecologist.org/2024/sep/11/xl…

83% of people believe everyone should be able to protest on issues they care about. Gov MUST listen to public opinion and review anti-protest legislation that stops us all from standing up for what we believe in thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

At very long last the Cumbria Coal Mine is defeated. This fight should never have been needed. Rather than an honest debate it has fundamentally been a fight for facts against fiction from the outset. Therefore all those who supported this mine are unfit for a role in politics.

⚡️BREAKING⚡️ Brilliant news - the High Court has ruled against the Whitehaven coal mine!! Huge congrats to all who campaigned against it & to ⁦Friends of the Earth⁩ & ⁦KendalTransition⁩ for bringing the case. The fossil fuel era is over. #KeepItInTheGround bbc.com/news/articles/…

🚨 BREAKING: HIGH COURT BLOCKS CUMBRIA COAL MINE 🔥 Campaigners from different movements including Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍, SLACC, Coal Action Network and Friends of the Earth have been standing against the coal mine, and have won. Civil resistance works. 💸 Support people taking action —

Great news, responsible government, easy wins for health and climate 👍🏼👇🏼 badvertising Adfree Cities Possible Reclame Fossielvrij bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Not sure if people realise what a massive and momentous result this is. Wind and solar are extraordinary technologies. It took nuclear half a century to get to this level. It took 15 for wind+solar. In less than 20 years, at this rate, they'll beat king coal. This is immense.

The way things are going, the AMOC could very well collapse in our lifetime. The last time this happened, Ireland entered a fcking ice age. Just one example of the utter *insanity* of continuing with business-as-usual. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Here's a story with wider significance than just farmers. BBC News (UK) lead story?

A trio of senior congressional Democrats say that big oil execs are failing to come clean on Trump’s $1 billion quid pro quo offer. Find out more in the article from Brett Wilkins with Common Dreams and Covering Climate Now (threads: @coveringclimate) 🔗 loom.ly/Ix6Ijuw

Poll shows that the Greens are the only party with a positive favourability rating leftfootforward.org/2024/09/poll-s… via @leftfootfwd